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| Oct 26, 2026 | Volare opens €15M 10,000 m² insect protein factory, secures €7.1M to scale across Europe | Finnish technology company Volare has completed Volare 01, its first industrial-scale protein factory in Pori, Finland. The 10,000-square-metre facility targets to produce up to 5,000 tonnes of insect protein and 2,000 tonnes of insect oil ... |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Startup Funding News Today, September 30, 2026: General Intuition, Gravity, Zenithon, ArkeaBio & More | Startup funding over the past day tells a story of two very different markets. At one end, investors placed a massive bet on proprietary AI training data. Across the rest of the market, capital flowed into a much broader mix of early-stage ... |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Ayana Bio, Zenfold Buy Meati Foods’s Fermentation Assets to Scale Plant Cell Culture Platform in India | 5 Mins Read US startup Ayana Bio and Indian specialty chemicals company Zenfold Sustainable Technologies have jointly acquired fermentation equipment from Meati Foods, which recently ceased operations.
The fermentation assets of US startup ... |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Upside Foods Withdraws $50M Bid to Buy Believer Meats’s US Facility, But Retains Interest | 4 Mins Read US startup Upside Foods has withdrawn its $50M offer to purchase the North Carolina facility of defunct cultivated meat firm Believer Meats, although it remains interested in the sale.
Eight months after abruptly ceasing operati... |
| Aug 25, 2026 | ADM Converts Iowa Tanks for Precision Fermentation Egg Protein: Demand Up 550% Amid Bird Flu | By Otis D. Sheehan
Published: Aug 25 2026, 4:45 PM EDT
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| Aug 11, 2026 | FDA Mandates GRAS Disclosure for First Time: 111 Food Chemicals Still Unreviewed | By Joseph Blake
Published: Aug 11 2026, 10:11 AM EDT
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| Jul 8, 2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly Railways, Brain Bar & Cultivated Meat Regulation | 2 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly’s partnership with Dutch Railways, Finless Foods’ crowdfunding round, and Gosh!’s Mad About Veg campaign. N... |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Huel Summer, Grubby x Zoe & Meat Exhaustion Day | 3 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Huel’s new meal replacement drinks, Oatly’s matcha collab with Lidl, and a Gen Z dietary survey in India. New pro... |
| Jun 29, 2026 | UPSIDE Foods Bids $50M for Believer Meats’ Shuttered North Carolina Plant | UPSIDE Foods has filed a $50 million stalking horse bid for the US production assets of Believer Meats, the cultivated meat company that ceased operations in December, according to court filings reported by AgFunderNews. The bid targets Bel... |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Cow-Free Lactoferrin Maker FerrinX Strikes Skincare Distribution Deal with Palmer Holland | 4 Mins Read US startup FerrinX, which makes precision-fermented lactoferrin, has signed a deal with Palmer Holland to distribute the ingredient to cosmetics and beauty brands in North America.
Legacy ingredients distributor Palmer Holland h... |
| Jun 21, 2026 | Biodiversity Credits Need Real Data: Patagonia Nonprofit Backs Sensor Startup Landseed | By Kyle Belmonte
Published: Jun 21 2026, 07:10 AM EDT
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| Jun 10, 2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Slutty Vegan, Protein Bars & Plant-Based Subway | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Slutty Vegan’s new locations, Subway’s plant-based pork, and India’s vegan labelling mandate. New products and la... |
| May 25, 2026 | India’s StrainX Bioworks Raises $13M to Bring Precision-Fermented Proteins to Market | 6 Mins Read Indian precision fermentation startup StrainX Bioworks has emerged from stealth with $13M in funding, a large-scale facility, and US GRAS determination for one of its ingredients.
Taking a “full-stack” approach to precision ferm... |
| May 13, 2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Karen Carney Goes Beyond, Carbon Butter & Billie Eilish | 4 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat’s partnership with Karen Carney, a wave of British launches, and Savor’s bakery debut. New products a... |
| May 6, 2026 | Breaking: US Judge Dismisses Onego Bio’s Lawsuit Against The Every Company in Wisconsin | 8 Mins Read A court in Wisconsin has thrown out Onego Bio’s lawsuit against The Every Company in the state for lack of personal jurisdiction. But a parallel lawsuit between the animal-free egg startups will continue in Delaware.
The patent ... |
| May 6, 2026 | Ovalbumin Patent Battle Narrows to Delaware as Wisconsin Court Drops Onego Bio Claim | A federal judge in Wisconsin has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Finnish precision fermentation company Onego Bio against The EVERY Company, ruling that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the California-based defendant, AgFunderNews ... |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Pentasweet Breaks Ground on $76M Factory for Precision-Fermented Sweet Proteins | 5 Mins Read Lithuanian food tech startup Pentasweet has begun construction of its €65M ($76M) precision fermentation facility to produce the sweet protein brazzein.
Building on the global momentum for sugar alternatives, Lithuania’s Pentasw... |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Ham Sammies, Vegan Burrata & Cultivated Chicken | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Project Eaden’s vegan ham sandwich, Julienne Bruno’s return, and the UK government’s U-turn on novel foods. New p... |
| Mar 4, 2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Yeast Protein Bar, Baftas & Milan Fashion Week | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Yeastup and Weena’s yeast protein bar, Forager Project’s Greek yoghurt expansion, and Oatly’s Milan Fashion Week ... |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Asia's Tech Surge: EV, AI, Agritech Drive Major Funding Rounds | Tech startups across Asia and Australia secured major investments. Sleek EV led the charge with an $8.5M Series A for electric scooter expansion in Thailand, targeting an EV hub. Agritech firm Polybee raised $4.3M for drone scaling. Infrast... |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: HBO Max, Vegan Raclette & Shark Tank India | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new vegan docuseries on HBO Max, Lasso’s protein fruit snacks, and PepsiCo’s plant-based soup bet. New products... |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Deals in brief: Sleek EV and Polybee raise funding, Sea Limited backs Noematrix, eight other China investments, and more | Sleek EV raises Series A funding for capacity expansion
Sleek EV, a Singapore-headquartered electric scooter manufacturer operating in Thailand, has raised USD 8.5 million in the first close of its Series A funding round. The round was led ... |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Boulder-based mushroom meat startup evicted from plant; assets seized over taxes | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Mushroom meat alternative Meati, which got a new owner in October, has been evicted from its manufacturing facility in Thornton and had equipment and assets seized over unpaid taxes.
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| Jan 30, 2026 | Impossible Foods CEO to step down | Listen to the article 2 min
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Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness is leaving the plant-based meat maker after four years running the company.
The business wi... |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Upside Foods: Cultivated Meat Leader Expands Into Life Sciences with Cell Culture Media Company | 4 Mins Read US cultivated meat pioneer Upside Foods is branching out its cell culture expertise by launching a new division targeting the life sciences sector, called Lucius Labs.
One of the leaders of the cultivated meat category has diver... |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond Chicken, Mini Babybel & Shake Shack | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat’s new chicken products, Upside Foods’s cultivated meat tasting, and Shake Shack’s vegan menu. New pro... |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Veganuary 2026, Stranger Things & Cage-Free Italy | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a wave of launches for Veganuary, a Stranger Things-inspired burger, and a HappyCow alternative app. New products... |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Opinion: How to Build A Moat in Alternative Protein Manufacturing | 5 Mins Read Building a technology moat is hard for any company, but especially for alternative protein producers, which have considerably less funding available. But they can build moats through a strategic approach to co-manufacturing, ing... |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Waitrose Wellington, Vegan Ribs & Impossible Gift Kit | 3 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Waitrose’s mushroom wellington, Offbeast’s plant-based ribs, and Typcal’s new mycelium factory. New products and ... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Cultivated Meat Startup Believer Meats Shuts Down After USDA Approval & $34M Lawsuit | 3 Mins Read Israeli cultivated meat startup Believer Meats, which received US approval for its chicken this year, has ceased operations, a week after it was hit with a lawsuit over unpaid bills.
Just over a month after becoming the fifth co... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Cultivated Meat Company Believer Meats Ceases Operations | Cultivated meat producer Believer Meats has announced that it is ceasing operations after “two years of building something truly bold and special”.
The news was shared on LinkedIn by Anne Schubert, Global Vice President of Talent & Huma... |
| Dec 11, 2025 | All G Secures $6.6M and Forms Partnership to Commercialise Precison Fermentation-Derived Milk Proteins | All G, an Australian company producing milk proteins through precision fermentation, has secured a capital injection totalling A$10 million ($6.6 million) after completing a convertible note fundraise ahead of its Series B funding round.
As... |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cottage Cheese, Veganuary 2026 & A Host of Awards | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Treeline Cheesemakers’ cottage cheese, Veganuary’s participation for 2026, and the world’s best vegan restaurant.... |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Strive Nutrition Wants to Take Over the Dairy Aisle with Protein-Rich Freemilk | 9 Mins Read Strive Nutrition will be rolling out its Freemilk range, which contains 10g of cow-free whey protein per serving, at Walmart stores in 2026. Its co-founder lays out the startup’s challenges and future ambitions.
“Trying, frustra... |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Christmas, Cultivated Egg Yolk & Michelin-Star Diners | 6 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Grubby’s vegan Christmas meals, ImpacFat’s cultivated egg yolk, and India’s most vegan-friendly city. New product... |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Miyoko’s Creamery Founder Raises $100,000 to Buy Back Liquidated Vegan Cheese Company | 6 Mins Read Miyoko Schinner has mobilised over $100,000 from crowd investors to help mount a winning bid for the vegan cheese firm she founded, Miyoko’s Creamery, though she calls it “highly unlikely”.
Three years after being forced out of ... |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Miyoko Schinner Eyes Buyback of Miyoko’s Creamery as Company Enters Liquidation | Miyoko Schinner, the founder of Miyoko’s Creamery, is attempting to reacquire the plant-based dairy company she launched in 2014. Schinner’s bid comes after the company entered an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors (ABC) process, an al... |
| Nov 4, 2025 | The Every Company Bags $55M in Funding As Animal-Free Egg Protein Hits Walmart | 8 Mins Read Californian food tech startup The Every Company has raised $55M in Series D funding to expand production of its precision-fermented egg proteins, following a nationwide rollout at Walmart.
The Every Company is going all out to f... |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Just Chicken, Tesco & Crowdfunding Galore | 4 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Eat Just’s vegan chicken, Beyond Meat’s Walmart expansion, and Tesco’s collab with La Vie. New products and launc... |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Redefine Steak, Blended Proteins & Beyond Meat | 4 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Redefine Meat’s Asda rollout, Purezza’s new online vegan store, and Beyond Meat’s debt swap. New products and lau... |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Mondelēz-Backed Startup Unveils Cell-Based Cocoa Butter for Chocolate Industry | 5 Mins Read Israeli food tech startup Celleste Bio has developed a cell-based chocolate-grade cocoa butter at an EU-backed innovation event in Brussels.
Celleste Bio has unveiled a first-of-a-kind innovation to address the climate change-in... |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Climax Foods Rebrands to Bettani Farms & Raises $6.5M for Protein-Rich Vegan Cheese | 4 Mins Read US artisan vegan cheesemaker Climax Foods has raised $6.5M, rebranded to Bettani Farms, and hired a new CEO in a major overhaul for the business.
Climax Foods is shaking things up with a new name, a new CEO, and a new funding ro... |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Climax Foods Unveils New Identity, Plans Growth with $6.5M Investment and Leadership Change | Climax Foods has rebranded as Bettani Farms, appointing Sandeep Patel as CEO and Chairman. Patel, who previously served as CFO at Califia Farms, brings experience from the food and sustainability sectors. Alongside the rebrand, Bettani disc... |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Stranger Things, Walnut Mince & Veganuary Poll | 4 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Bel Group’s Stranger Things-inspired vegan cheese, Planta’s return, and Veganuary’s six-month poll. New products ... |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Onego Bio Gets FDA Approval to Sell Chicken-Free Egg Protein Amid GRAS Upheaval | 4 Mins Read Finnish startup Onego Bio has secured a ‘no questions’ letter from the US FDA, strengthening the regulatory status of its precision-fermented egg protein.
As the US mulls changes to how new foods are regulated, some companies ar... |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Mushroom Broth, Planta & Aquafaba Powder | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Two River’s lion’s mane broth, Planta’s acquisition, and animal-free egg legal battles. New products and launches... |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Zurich's Food Founders Studio Fuels Next-Gen Plant-Based Innovation | FOOD FOUNDERS Studio, a new Swiss venture builder, recently secured CHF 1.2 million in seed funding. This capital fuels Europe's first dedicated studio focused on commercializing deep food tech emerging from university research. Its in... |
| Sep 9, 2025 | В американской долине Напа использовали роботов для уборки винограда. Автоматика может полностью заменить ручной труд | На виноградниках Калифорнии проходит испытание новая технология борьбы с мучнистой росой — одной из главных угроз для урожая. Норвежский стартап Saga Robotics в партнерстве с винодельческим хозяйством Bien Nacido Estate тестирует автономных... |
| Sep 2, 2025 | FOOD FOUNDERS Studio Eyes Growth with $1.5 Million Funding and Plant-Based Startup Launch | FOOD FOUNDERS Studio, a Zurich-based venture studio, has successfully raised CHF 1.2 million ($1.5 million) in funding and officially launched its first venture. The studio, founded by Giacomo Cattaneo and Alexandre Morel, is focused on com... |
| Aug 29, 2025 | UK Cultivated Meat Tech Firm CellRev Calls It Quits, Citing Funding Woes | 4 Mins Read CellRev, a Newcastle-based bioprocessor of cell culture technologies, has ceased trading and appointed administrators to sell its assets.
UK biotech firm CellulaREvolution (CellRev), an enzyme technology specialist for the culti... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Clever Carnivore Hosts Cultivated Meat Tastings in California | U.S. cultivated meat producer Clever Carnivore recently hosted tastings of its products in two Californian cities — Palo Alto and San Francisco.
These are the first tastings the Chicago-based company has held on the West Coast. The rooms we... |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beanless Coffee, Watermelon Seed Milk & Bezos Earth Fund | 4 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Prefer’s beanless coffee latte, Ahimsa Foundation’s $12M factory bet, and Bezos Earth Fund’s alternative protein ... |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly Matcha, Mycoprotein Mince & A Vegan Football Kit | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Oatly’s new matcha latte, Revo Foods’s clean-label mince, and Lactalis Canada’s plant-based exit. New products an... |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Gas Protein Startup NovoNutrients to Sell Assets, Citing Investment Challenges | 4 Mins Read Californian gas fermentation firm NovoNutrients, which makes proteins from gases, is selling its assets a year after raising $18M in funding.
The “shifting investment climate” around food tech has pushed another alternative prot... |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Aussie Plant Based Co Makes Comeback with New Products, Nine Months After Liquidation | 6 Mins Read The Aussie Plant Based Co has re-entered the market with new vegan burgers, sausages and cheeses nine months after being acquired out of liquidation by Smart Foods.
Everybody loves a good comeback story. And the plant-based sect... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Biotechnology startup Loopworm raises $3.25 million in a pre-Series A funding round | Loopworm, a biotechnology startup developing sustainable protein manufacturing platforms using farmed insects, has raised $3.25 million in a pre-Series A funding round. The investment was co-led by WaterBridge Ventures and Japanese venture ... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | L&A Opens L&Aser™ to Farmers, Seeks Innovation Exile in Australia | L&Aser farm_ng Amiga Robot in the L&A ParkingPlot
Company engaged by leading VC firm, begins competitive auction for AgCeption™ AI brand
Our best efforts to help the American farmer weren't good enough”
— Chris LaudandoCHICO, C... |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Protein Lattes, Food Tech Hubs & Tempeh Innovation | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a host of protein lattes, Better Nature’s tempeh rollouts, and Meatable’s presentation at a Wall Street Journal f... |
| Jun 16, 2025 | What is Epogee, the Novel Fat Maker Sparking UPF Controversy & A Protein Bar War? | 5 Mins Read Shortly after acquiring low-calorie fat maker Epogee, David Protein is being sued by other snack brands for allegedly monopolising the ultra-processed ingredient derived from a seed oil.
What was supposed to be a celebratory wee... |
| May 30, 2025 | What Do 2025’s Investment Trends So Far Tell Us About Alternative Proteins? | 8 Mins Read After a decline in alternative protein investments in 2024, funding further fell by 28% in Q1 2025 compared to the same period a year ago. Analysts blame AI, high costs, and low sales.
There’s no other way to put it: 2024 was a ... |
| May 28, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Quorn x Tom Cruise, Impossible Chicken & Cultivated Meat at Indy 500 | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods’ new vegan chicken, Quorn’s Mission: Impossible collab, and a new kind of tempeh. New products a... |
| May 27, 2025 | Canada’s New School Foods Brings Whole-Cut Plant-Based Salmon to National Foodservice Market | Toronto-based startup New School Foods has announced national foodservice distribution agreements with Gordon Food Service and Bondi Produce, enabling the rollout of its plant-based salmon filet to over 30 restaurant locations across Canada... |
| May 21, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly x Chris Parnell, Vegan Nutella & Forbes 30 Under 30 | 6 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Nutella Plant-Based’s UK launch, Oatly’s collab with Chris Parnell, and Nestlé’s new biotech centre. New products... |
| May 14, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Massive Attack, Blonde Chocolate & A Price Freeze | 6 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Massive Attack’s vegan concert, Beleaf’s plant-based meat price freeze, and the FDA’s labelling guidelines. New p... |
| May 8, 2025 | Opinion: To Win in AI, We Need to Win in Alternative Proteins | 7 Mins Read Robert Dupree, general partner at VC firm Alwyn Capital, argues that future foods and alternative proteins are key to winning the AI race.
If artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be the new determining factor for global hege... |
| May 7, 2025 | Mycelium Protein Firm Meati to Be Sold for $4M After Bank-Induced Crisis | 4 Mins Read Embattled alternative protein firm Meati Foods is set to sell for just $4M after an unprecedented financial crisis that turned the business on its head.
Two months after a bank swept most of its cash reserves in an unexpected mo... |
| May 2, 2025 | Meatable Bets on Singapore Factory for Global Scale-Up of Cultivated Pork | 4 Mins Read Dutch startup Meatable has partnered with Singapore-based TruMeat to build a large-scale facility to produce cultivated meat at cost-competitive levels.
As it awaits regulatory approval in the island nation, Meatable is planning... |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Gordon Ramsay x Flora, Hyper Oat Milk & Vegan School Meals | 4 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Gordon Ramsay’s partnership with Becel, a new vegan egg in Italy, and Spain’s plant-based school meal decree. New... |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Animal-Free Dairy Startup Perfect Day Accused of Misleading Consumers in New Lawsuit | 5 Mins Read US food tech startup Perfect Day has been hit with a false marketing lawsuit for its FDA-approved, animal-free dairy whey protein.
Months after ending its lawsuit with a co-manufacturing partner, Californian precision fermentati... |
| Apr 10, 2025 | MycoTechnology’s honey truffle sweetener receives GRAS approval | Listen to the article 3 min
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Fermented mushroom ingredients maker MycoTechnology received safety approval for a natural flavor enhancer made from honey truffl... |
| Apr 9, 2025 | MycoTechnology Earns GRAS Approval to Sell Honey Truffle Flavour Modulator in the US | 4 Mins Read US food tech firm MycoTechnology has received regulatory approval to sell its honey-truffle-fermented flavour modulator in the country.
Colorado-based MycoTechnology, known for its fungi fermentation technologies, has been clear... |
| Mar 28, 2025 | The Rise and Struggles of Cultivated Meat: A Tale of Innovation and Resilience | The world of cultivated meat is a rollercoaster. It’s a realm where science meets sustainability, and innovation dances with regulation. Companies like BioCraft Pet Nutrition and UPSIDE Foods are at the forefront, each carving their path in... |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Aleph Farms Accelerates Global Growth with $29M to Expand Production and Improve Efficiency | Israeli cultivated meat producer Aleph Farms has raised $29 million in a funding round to expand production capacity and implement a revised biomanufacturing process. The round includes $22 million through a Simple Agreement for Future Equi... |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Impossible Sliders, Major League Baseball & Cat Jewellery | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Impossible Foods’s beef slider rollout, the New York Mets’s new vegan sandwich, and Grubby’s vegan meal kits for ... |
| Mar 24, 2025 | UPSIDE Foods Restructures Operations Amid Ongoing Workforce Reductions | UPSIDE Foods, a cultivated meat company based in Berkeley, California, has confirmed recent workforce reductions, citing a strategic restructuring aimed at improving operational efficiency. The layoffs come as part of an ongoing effort to s... |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Chia Seed Milk, Healthy Ham & Vegan Calcium | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Benexia’s new chia seed milk, Violife’s campaign with Chrishell Stause, and Holy Carrot’s upcoming restaurant in ... |
| Mar 13, 2025 | The Taste of Tomorrow: Plant-Based Meat and Dairy Innovations | The culinary landscape is shifting. The rise of plant-based alternatives is not just a trend; it’s a revolution. The latest reports and innovations highlight a growing appetite for sustainable food options. But how do these products stack u... |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Mycelium Meat Maker Meati Foods Pursuing Investment As Future Hangs in Balance | 4 Mins Read Colorado-based Meati Foods faces an uncertain future after its lender swept most of its cash reserves due to a technical default, but the company is fighting to save the business and 150 jobs.
Mycelium protein startup Meati Food... |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Oat Milk Baileys, Beyond Steak Fillet & An Impossible Burger Challenge | 7 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Diageo’s newest non-dairy Baileys, Beyond Meat’s mycelium steak, and Minor Figures’s ‘Hyper’ oat milk. New produc... |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Meati Foods Hit by Unexpected Financial Crisis, Leading to Difficult Layoffs | Meati Foods has issued a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) announcing the permanent termination of 150 employees at its Thornton, Colorado, manufacturing facility. The layoffs will begin on May 6, 2025.
According to the c... |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Dog Food Made from Fermented Gas Protein Lands on European Shelves | 4 Mins Read German pet food maker Marsapet has rolled out a kibble product for dogs using Calysta’s fermentation-derived FeedKind protein.
Would you feed your dog carbon and microbes?
If you’re in Europe, you now can, thanks to a partnershi... |
| Mar 1, 2025 | The Rise of Pecan Milk: A Nutty Solution to America’s Dairy Dilemma | In the ever-evolving landscape of American dietary preferences, a new contender is emerging in the non-dairy milk arena: pecan milk. As traditional dairy makes a comeback, and plant-based alternatives face declining sales, pecans are steppi... |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Singapore alternative meat startups target resurgence after sector setbacks | CONVERGE LIVE - Singapore, March 12-13 2025 - Request invitation
Singapore, which imports most of its produce due to land scarcity, went big on the meat alternatives sector with generous funding for research and commercialization as it look... |
| Feb 24, 2025 | PKN: As Americans Sour on Plant-Based Milk, This Brand is Turning to the Country’s Only Native Nut | 6 Mins Read Dairy is making a comeback in the US, with sales of whole milk outpacing plant-based alternatives. Can pecans turn things around?
The almond may be America’s favourite nut – especially when it comes to milking it – but its popul... |
| Feb 20, 2025 | The Rise of Plant-Based Innovation: A Culinary Revolution | The world of food is changing. The winds of innovation are blowing through kitchens and supermarkets alike. Plant-based products are no longer a niche. They are becoming mainstream. This shift is driven by health concerns, environmental awa... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Dubai Chocolate, Impossible BrewDog & Non-Dairy Liqueurs | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers NotCo’s Dubai chocolate, BrewDog’s collaboration with Impossible Foods, and new products at Expo West. New produc... |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Sustainability NGO Gets 175+ Food Companies to Commit to Responsible Sourcing in Asia | 4 Mins Read More than 175 food businesses across Asia have committed to improving their sourcing policies in light of sustainability and animal welfare, supported by a US non-profit.
A total of 83 food companies committed to implementing im... |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond x NBA, Corn Milk & Carbon Crackers | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat’s new products and cookbook, the US’s first corn milk brand, and a cultivated seafood tasting. New pr... |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Hot Honey, Dairy-Free February & Earthshot Prize | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Eleven Madison Park’s new vegan hot honey and Kite Hill’s post-Veganuary dairy-free campaign. New products and la... |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Burger King Rib, Cured Swede Bagels & Ikea Vegan Sausages | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Burger King Germany’s new vegan option, a cured root vegetable bagel at Deutsche Bahn, and the UK parliament’s cu... |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Meati Faces Lawsuit Following Claims Its “Mushroom Root” Products Are Misbranded | Meati, a US startup producing meat alternatives from mycelium, is facing a false advertising class-action lawsuit in the state of New York after a plaintiff alleged that the company’s products are misbranded.
Meati’s packaging claims that t... |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Meati Faces Another False Advertising Lawsuit Over ‘Mushroom Root’ Claim | 4 Mins Read US startup Meati Foods is facing a second lawsuit in less than a year for marketing its mycelium meat products as made from ‘mushroom root’.
Just a week after it settled a false advertising lawsuit in California, mycelium meat p... |
| Dec 18, 2024 | The Rise of Plant-Based Snacks: A Crunchy Revolution | In the world of snacks, a revolution is brewing. The shift towards plant-based options is not just a trend; it’s a movement. Companies like All Y’alls Foods are leading the charge, crafting innovative products that cater to health-conscious... |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond Smash, Santa Love Oatly & Vegfest Vietnam | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers two Beyond Meat debuts in the UK, Oatly’s Christmas-themed ad... |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Tiramisu, Dave Chang & A Political Breakfast | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a vegan tiramisu collection in Hong Kong, Dave Chang’s cultiv... |
| Nov 6, 2024 | What Donald Trump’s Election Victory Means for Food Tech in the US | 6 Mins Read Donald J. Trump is president-elect again. Based on his track record and policy proposals, his election promises a rocky period for the US food tech sector.
America has just elected a climate change denier as president. In his fi... |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Holiday Meals, Cultivated Leather & Cheap Alt-Milk | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new oat milk dessert brand, Next Level Burger’s holiday fea... |
| Oct 14, 2024 | Blue Horizon: Why The Food Tech Investor Gave Up Fund Management To Build a Giga Protein Factory in The Desert | 12 Mins Read
Leading future food industry investor Blue Horizon is pivoting from fund management to manufacturing, starting with a Giga Protein Factory in the Arabian desert. Here’s why.
Just over a year ago, alternative protein fund leader... |
| Oct 9, 2024 | The Jackfruit Company Raises $5M to Fuel US Expansion and Innovate Jackfruit Products | The Jackfruit Company (TJC), based in Boulder, Colorado, has secured a $5 million Series B extension funding round led by existing investors InvestEco, Creadev, and Grosvenor Food & AgTech. This latest round of capital will support the ... |
